Posted on 07/01/2012 5:01:05 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Google is banning the sale of weapons and ammunition within its shopping center, causing firearms owners to second guess their use of the search giant.
The company announced on May 31 that it would be changing its product search policies for Google Shopping.
“All of the items in your feed must be in compliance with Google Shopping policies,” the company said on the site’s support center. “In particular, all items have to be family safe.”
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“Google now has a worse policy than ebay,” wrote The Firearm Blog, which posted the email on its blog Thursday.
The eBay policy allows the sale of “some personal defense items, such as pepper spray and mace,” BB gun ammunition, non-military issued body armor and weapons manuals.
“Shame on you Google,” said The Firearm Blog.
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I’m sure he thinks that he NEEDS armed bodyguards for his own protection. We are expendable so we don’t NEED to be armed.
I’m no fan of Microsoft. Anyone that’s been around here for long will have seen my pro-Linux posts. That said, I think Bing and/or Yahoo just became my search engine of choice.
I was just thinking we need Claymores for the Bearcats that NH townships have been buying. /half kidding.
Google isn't selling anything. It's displaying information.
google is too invested in Obama’s dislike of those god guns and country people in flyover country.
the hold of silicon valley needs to be broken. That will diminish the california wakadoos.
information is power.
I hereby cut all ties with Google.
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